AT A GLANCE Brilliant Future | UC Irvine School of Social Sciences
A QUICK LOOK AT UCI’S RECENT RANKINGS ON A NUMBER OF SCALES PROVIDES EVIDENCE OF WHAT MANY OF US ALREADY KNOW TO BE TRUE UCI IS ABSOLUTELY ON FIRE AND IS THE PLACE TO BE! #1 university doing the most for the American dream, The New York Times College Access Index. #1 best college, Money magazine. #1 “coolest school” for sustainability, Sierra magazine. #1 university for beach lovers, Money magazine. #1 best value public university, Forbes. #9 best public university in the U.S., U.S. News & World Report. And as the largest academic unit on the Irvine campus, the School of Social Sciences plays a major role in driving the university’s success. Led by a standout faculty and superb staff, the school supports more than 7,250 Anteaters in highly ranked undergraduate and graduate degree programs. With 25% of all UCI graduates leaving campus with a degree from the social sciences, our alumni - numbering more than 53,000 Anteaters strong - take their worldclass education across the globe as they make their mark in courtrooms, boardrooms, classrooms, and entrepreneurial endeavors. Learn more within the following pages about everything the School of Social Sciences encompasses. And if you find yourself wanting to take a deeper dive into what makes us great, reach out. We’d love to connect!
SOC SCI BY THE NUMBERS 19 RESEARCH INSTITUTES & FACILITIES
TOPRANKED DEPARTMENTS
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he UCI School of Social Sciences faculty and staff are committed to providing the highest quality research and educational experience. Among the school’s 179 distinguished faculty are 15 academy members - 9 fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 5 members of the National Academy of Sciences, and 1 member of the National Academy of Education - 7 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 21 UCI Distinguished Professors, 2 UCI Chancellor’s Professors, and 6 UCI Endowed Chairs. Since the school’s founding, there have been 2 National Medal recipients among the faculty.
Diversity is paramount to the School of Social Sciences’ success. Social sciences is proud to highlight its efforts to recruit and retain female and underrepresented minority faculty. Assisting in the organizational efforts that keep the school on its successful trajectory are 82 staff members whose years of service range from a few months to 32 years, averaging into 11.9 years spent within the social sciences family.
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UNDERGRAD DEGREE PROGRAMS
new faculty (2019)
undergraduate and graduate
13 MASTER’S & PH.D. PROGRAMS
75%
50%
female faculty
underrepresented minority faculty
noteworthy faculty
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distinguished professors academy members aaas fellows named chairs
2
chancellor’s professors
2
national medalists
experienced
staff
6.7 million 11.9 years
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(2018-19)
extramural research funding received
average years of staff service in school
degree programs
anthropology (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.)
business economics (B.A.)
chicano/latino studies (B.A.)
cognitive sciences (B.S., M.S., Ph.D.)
demographic & social analysis (M.A.)
economics (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.)
international studies (B.A.)
language science (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.)
logic & philosophy of science (M.A., Ph.D.)
mathematical behavioral sciences (M.A., Ph.D.)
medicine, science & tech studies (M.A.)
philosophy, poli sci & economics (M.A.)
political science (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.)
psychology (B.A., B.S.)
public policy (M.P.P.)
quantitative economics (B.A.)
social policy & public service (B.A.)
sociology (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.)
audiology (AuD., Ph.D.)
communications (B.A.)
fmri methodology (M.A., M.S.)
international & global anlaysis (M.A.)
planned programs:
statistics/psychology (M.S., Ph.D.)
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anthropology
cognitive sciences
economics
logic & philos. science political science
sociology
National Research Council
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report
Philosophical Gourmet Report
U.S. News & World Report
Social sciences graduate programs are highly ranked. Of the school’s U.S. News & World Report ranked programs, all four earned top 25 spots among public U.S. universities and top 50 rankings overall: • • • •
Sociology, 12th among public universities, 23rd overall Psychology, 19th among public universities, 36th overall Political science, 24th among public universities, 45th overall Economics, 24th among public universities, 47th overall
The National Research Council and Center for a Public Anthropology ranked anthropology 8th, and the Philosophical Gourmet Report gave logic & philosophy of science multiple subfield rankings:
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U.S. News & World Report
#1 (tie): Philosophy of Mathematics #2 (tie): Philosophy of Physics #2 (tie): Philosophy of Science #4 (tie): Decision Theory, Game Theory, Rational Choice, & Formal Epistemology #4 (tie): Philosophy of Social Science #6 (tie): Philosophical Logic #10 (tie): Mathematical Logic #10 (tie): Philosophy of Biology
New among the school’s graduate programs this year is language science, the first language science doctoral program in the country.
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Students are the lifeblood of the university and nowhere on campus is that more true than in social sciences. The school houses 6 of the campus’s top 20 most popular undergraduate majors - business economics, political science, psychology, sociology, economics, and international studies - and hosts award-winning programs including the Dean’s Ambassadors Council, Mock Trial, Global Connect, the Summer Academic Enrichment Program, the Diversity, Inclusion, and Racial Healing Ambassador Program, the Deconstructing Diversity Initiative, the Olive Tree Initiative, and the First Gen, First Quarter Challenge. With help from the Dean’s Leadership Society and Alumni Network, the school also supports outstanding students in UCDC and the Summer Undergraduate Research Program.
school-sponsored
Graduate students in social sciences have an excellent track record of publishing in their fields’ top journals and securing external research funding from prestigious organizations ranging from the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health to the Russell Sage, Wenner-Gren, and Ford Foundations. Social sciences Ph.D. recipients are widely sought by universities, government organizations, and large corporations including Harvard, London School of Economics, Michigan, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Princeton, Rutgers, UCLA, University of Wisconsin, U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Mind Research Network, Amazon, and Google, to name a few.
student programs
dean’s ambassadors deconstructing council diversity initiative
diversity, inclusion & racial healing
enrollment growth
first gen, first quarter
global connect
mock trial
olive tree initiative
closer look at uci soc sci’s incoming class
1,003
64%
uci soc sci freshmen
female
(2019)
45%
24%
first generation
underrepresented minority
undergrad snapshot
grad student snapshot
The average current social sciences undergrad is a 21-year-old-female from California majoring in business economics - and she’s the first in her family to go to college.
The average current social sciences grad student is a 29-year-old-male from California pursuing a Ph.D. in sociology.
summer academic enrichment program
enrollment
(2012-19)
undergrad (6,764) master’s (19)
ph.d (470)
25
%
of UC Irvine’s class of 2019 are social
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53,262 total soc sci alumni
(2019)
Bill Maurer, Professor and Dean wmmaurer@uci.edu | 949.824.6802
Tracy Arcuri, Executive Director of Development tarcuri@uci.edu | 949.824.8093
Elizabeth Dahl, Director of Development dahle@uci.edu | 949.824.8079
Ian Delzer, Associate Director of Development idelzer@uci.edu | 949.824.7616
Melissa Churlonis, Development Department Operations Coordinator mchurlon@uci.edu | 949.824.7472
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